Psychotherapy
The treatment with the deepest evidence base
For anxiety, trauma, and grief, psychotherapy is not the soft option alongside the real treatment. It is the first-line treatment, and it is where we start unless there is a good reason not to.
- First-line
- for anxiety, PTSD, and prolonged grief
- Often covered
- psychotherapy is covered on many major plans
- Matched
- to the modality your situation actually calls for
- First-line
- for anxiety, PTSD, and prolonged grief
- Often covered
- psychotherapy is covered on many major plans
- Matched
- to the modality your situation actually calls for
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The modality should fit the problem
Therapy is not one thing. EMDR and cognitive processing therapy have specific evidence in trauma. CBT has it in anxiety. Grief-focused approaches exist for prolonged grief and differ meaningfully from general counselling. Somatic and pain-focused work address how the nervous system holds what has happened to it.
So the first question is not whether you should have therapy, but which kind, with whom. We match on the problem, not on who has an opening.
The advantage of doing it here: the therapist and the prescribing physician are on the same team. When medication changes, your therapist knows. When something surfaces in therapy with medical implications, that moves too.
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What we work with
Available here
- EMDR and trauma-focused work for PTSD and unresolved trauma
- CBT for anxiety, panic, and depression
- Psychodynamic therapy for long-standing relational patterns
- Somatic and mindfulness-based work
- Pain-focused therapy for chronic pain and central sensitization
- Grief and bereavement work, including anticipatory grief
- Preparation and integration for ketamine-assisted therapy
- Group therapy alongside individual work
Worth knowing
- Therapy works more gradually than medication. That is a feature, not a failure
- A good fit with your therapist predicts outcome more than the modality does. If it is not working, tell us and we will change it
- We are not a crisis service. If you need help right now, call or text 988
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Covered on many plans
Psychotherapy is covered on many major plans. Where it is not, or where you prefer to stay out of network, we provide a superbill you can submit against out-of-network benefits.
- Individual session
- $199 to $299 per hour
- With insurance
- Often covered — we verify first
- Group therapy
- Available; ask at consultation
The range reflects the clinician and the modality. You will know the number for your specific therapist before you book.
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Other questions
How do I know which kind of therapy I need?
You do not have to know — figuring that out is part of the first conversation. Different problems have different best-evidenced approaches, EMDR for trauma, CBT for anxiety, grief-focused work for prolonged grief, and we match on that rather than on whoever has availability.
What if I do not connect with my therapist?
Tell us and we will change it. The quality of the relationship is one of the strongest predictors of whether therapy works, so raising a poor fit is a completely reasonable — and common — thing to do.
Can I do therapy here and keep my psychiatrist elsewhere?
Yes. With your consent we coordinate with your outside prescriber so the two halves of your care stay connected.
Do you offer preparation and integration if I am doing ketamine therapy?
Yes, and it is built into our ketamine-assisted psychotherapy packages. If you already have a therapist you would rather work with, our Bring Your Own Therapist route lets you keep them and use us for the medical side.